>> I need a few million sample contact records - name, company, address,
>> email, web, phone, fax. ZIP codes and area codes and street addresses
>> should be correct and properly formatted, but preferably not real people
>> or companies or email addresses. But they'd work if you did address
>> validation or mapping. Anyone have a suggestion?
>>
>> - Brian
>
> It should be easy to code a routine to generate random data. Maybe 20 -
> 30 lines of code. Obviously you may have a name like Dgidfgq Xcvbop and
> company Wsdkn, but it shouldn't matter if testing is your purpose.
Actually, this DOES matter...
Test data can be required for all sorts of purposes, for example:
- running a demo of the application
- testing real life-like data entry
- trial versions that include data
- course-ware for your application when it gets implemented by a company
- decent value distribution in indices
This is why our tool, Advanced Data Generator, allows you to
generate life-like company names, has libraries for first/last names
and much more.
With regards,
Martijn Tonies
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com
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